THE PROGRESS REPORT ON LESOTHO NATIONAL PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR PERIOD APRIL 2008 TO MARCH 2009.
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1 THE PROGRESS REPORT ON LESOTHO NATIONAL PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR PERIOD APRIL 2008 TO MARCH INTRODUCTION In an effort to transform the payment system into the modernised one that will conform to the international standards and best practice, the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) set up the Lesotho National Payment System (LNPS) Modernisation Project in The vision of the reform process is that By 2015 Lesotho will have a widely accessible, secure, reliable and efficient payment and settlement system. The system shall facilitate and support Lesotho s development objectives as outlined in the vision document. Currently there are two payment and settlement systems in Lesotho which are the RTGS system (Lesotho Wire) which is used for settlement of time critical and large value payments and Maseru Clearing and Settlement House for small value large volume payments and both systems are operated by CBL. This report is intended to review developments that took place between April 2008 and March Lesotho continues to undertake a number of initiatives intended to achieve the envisaged payment system. Subsequent to live operation of Lesotho Wire (LSW), the next strategy in the LNPS modernization project as stipulated in the Vision Document is the implementation of Automated Clearing House (ACH) project. During 2008 CBL initiated the process of ACH implementation and the preparations for the project are currently at an advanced stage and Payment Association of Lesotho (PAL) which will be the management body of ACH is expected to be established soon. 2.0 LSW performance The LSW continued to operate satisfactorily with four participants, which are the three commercial banks and CBL as a participant, for the period under review. During December 2008 the SADC Project team visited Lesotho to undertake an 1
2 assessment of the operations of Lesotho Wire and their findings concluded that the system was operating efficiently except for minor administrative issues that need to be addressed The payment instructions processed by LSW for the period ended December 2008 stood at 16,904 transactions with the total value of M54.67 billion. From 2007 to 2008, the total volume and value of payments processed rose by 25.94% and 47.35% respectively. The Central Bank of Lesotho undertook 5,024 transactions in 2007 and 6,211 transactions in 2008 reflecting a hike of 23.63% while the value jumped by 39.21%. The volume of participant credit 1 payments was 1,983 in 2007 and increased to 2,271 in 2008, whilst the value for those payments stood at M11.3 billion and M15.21 billion respectively. In 2007 the participant debits 2 payments volume was 1,992 and it rose by only 4.99% to 2,088 in Commercial banks made payments totalling 6,415 in 2007 which fell slightly by 1.26% to 6,334 in Despite the minor decrease in number of transactions, their value recognisably increased by 92.82% indicating that payments were of high value. The analysis in Table 1 below provides a comparative analysis of LSW performance for 2007 and Participant Credits are transactions initiated by CBL to directly credit commercial banks accounts held at CBL. 2 Participant Debit is transactions initiated by CBL to directly debit commercial banks accounts held at CBL. 2
3 Table 1 Banks Percentage increase/decrease Payments Volume Value (M billion) Volume Value (M billion) Volume % Value % Central Bank 5, , % % Participants 1, , % % credits Participants 1, % % debits Commercial 6, , % % banks Total 13, , % % 2.1 Maseru Clearing and Settlement House (MCSH) Performance This is another systemically important payment system, which has rules and procedures to be adhered to. MCSH is for clearance of cheques and other small retail payments. The introduction of LSW has resulted in a downward spiral in a number of transactions processed by MCSH. Review of the volume of transactions processed pre and post implementation of LSW reveals that the cheque payments are steadily declining. Overall decrease in volume of transactions processed by MCSH since the implementation of LSW system was 39% as at end of This is evidenced by the figure 1 below which shows the trend of transactions processed by MCSH since January 2006 to December
4 Figure 1 70,000 MCSH Volume of transactions from 2006 to ,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Jan-06 Mar-06 May-06 Jul-06 Sep-06 Nov-06 Jan-07 Mar-07 May-07 Jul-07 Sep-07 Nov-07 Jan-08 Mar-08 May-08 Jul-08 Sep-08 Nov-08 Volume of Transactions Months (quaterly) 3. 0 Settlement System Settlement occurs in the Lesotho Wire at CBL which hosts the commercial banks settlement accounts. The LSW also settles the net settlement position from the Maseru Clearing and Settlement House as well as large value transfers between the participants. CBL participates on behalf of the Government of Lesotho as well as processing its own payments and it is the key user of the system as Government opts for more electronic means of payment. LSW also process the domestic / local leg of the foreign transfers for the commercial banks. Preparations are underway to interface Lesotho Wire system with other systems such as MIDAS (CBL general ledger), the Integrated Financial Management Systems for Government of Lesotho Accounting (IFMIS) system and the anticipated Automated Clearing House. Lesotho Wire suppliers (Montran Corporation) have confirmed that this state-of-art system has capacity to interface with the afore-mentioned operating systems. 4
5 4.0 Current Developments 4.1 Automated Clearing House (ACH) Subsequent to live operation of LSW, the next strategy in the LNPS modernization project as stipulated in the Vision Document is the implementation of the ACH project. ACH is aimed at catering for retail or small value, high volume payments, as the LSW system process large value payments. There are three types of payment instruments that will be cleared through ACH namely: cheques, Electronic Fund Transfers (EFTs) and card transactions (debit and credit cards). Implementation of ACH is expected to improve commercial activity through the increased speed at which funds will be transferred by reducing the clearing cycle. Preparations are at an advanced stage for the implementation of the ACH project and the service provider has already been identified as Bankserv which is an ACH for South Africa. The project is funded by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States of America, which will bear the annual costs chargeable by Bankserv for the first three years of ACH operation. The CBL is the driver of the project and played a key role in price negotiation with Bankserv. According to the plan, it is expected that introduction of (cheques and EFTs) will be finalised sometime in Bankserv offer entails minimal infrastructure costs thus it is expected that implementation will be expedited and is expected to be cost effective for both the Central Bank of Lesotho and the commercial banks. 4.2 E-Money and mobile banking initiatives Beside the ACH implementation project, the LNPS modernisation project using the Post Bank has intended to implement the smart card technology. This will be used with the point of sale devices that will be installed at Post Bank offices all over the country. Internet banking is already employed by all three commercial banks in Lesotho. The rate of usage of this service depends on whether people have access to the internet or not. In Lesotho most individuals currently have no access to internet. However internet is bit by bit becoming easy for people to 5
6 access, therefore it is apparent that the internet banking will finally be largely adopted by most individuals and companies. 4.3 Payment Association of Lesotho (PAL) Subsequent to a recommendation made by a consultant who designed business and implementation plans for the anticipated ACH, the Central Bank of Lesotho together with the commercial banks including Lesotho Post Bank embarked on establishment of Payment Association of Lesotho (PAL), a not for profit company jointly owned by banks and CBL. The mission of PAL is to provide safe and sound payment system services to Lesotho and to drive the modernisation of payment system to finality. PAL will be the payments systems management body and will have an Operations Manager who will be responsible for daily operations of PAL. PAL will also be responsible for general administration of the payment streams that will be incorporated into the ACH as well as designing of their rules and procedures. PAL shall be governed by a Board of Directors made of the Central Bank of Lesotho (who shall assume chairmanship of PAL) and one representative from each commercial bank and one as well from the Lesotho Postbank. The process of establishing PAL is anticipated to be completed at nearest future and the Operations Manager is planned to be engaged sometime in July Legal Framework The National Payment System (NPS) Bill was drafted through IMF Technical assistance in 2006 and has since been passed to Law Office for drafting en route to Parliament for promulgation. A Policy paper accompanying the National Payment systems (NPS) Bill was also prepared and shall soon be submitted to the Minister of Finance s office for approval. It is likely that the Bill will only be passed to Parliament towards end of The Central Bank of Lesotho places the highest priority on the enactment of this NPS Bill and CBL is doing its best to get the Bill promulgated. Currently, the Bank uses legally binding Rules and Procedures to operate the two systemically important payment systems (LSW 6
7 and Maseru Clearing and Settlement House). Participants in the afore-mentioned systems have duly signed these Rules and Procedures and have confirmed their commitment to adhere to them. 5. Oversight issues Oversight of payment systems is one of key functions and the Bank s responsibility for the stability of the financial system as a whole. The oversight framework has been drafted, reviewed with the assistance of IMF consultant, was presented to senior Management and it is awaiting final approval. This framework will form the basis of the Bank s oversight function. As part of the framework, a quarterly statistical return has been developed and shall be used to collect data which will be used to monitor developments. The Oversight section undertook a comprehensive self assessment of the LSW to determine its compliance with the Core Principles for systemically important payment systems, National Payment System Rules and regulations and International Standards. It was concluded that the system largely complies with the Core Principles, International Standards, rules and regulations, safe from the fact that the National Payment System Bill has not been enacted. 7
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